The busiest four sites -- Orland Park Village Hall; Centennial Park in Wilmette; Northbrook Village Hall and Wheeling Township Hall in Arlington Heights -- accounted for about 10,000 of the total votes cast during Early Voting. The downtown Chicago site, 69 W. Washington, was the fifth most popular location with more than 1,600 voters.

Cumulative totals by site,a full daily breakdown of Early Voting turnout by site, and a map illustrating Early Voting by siteare available online.

Early Voting Participation by Party
During Early Voting, 68 percent of suburban Cook County voters selected Democratic ballots, 31 percent voted Republican and less than 1 percent voted Green Party or Non-partisan.

In the 2006 and 2002 gubernatorial primaries, 67 percent and 65 percent, respectively, voted Democratic (including early voters in 2006).

Early Voting Participation by Township
Voters who live in New Trier Township had the greatest participation in Early Voting, with 2,920 ballots cast. Voters from Northfield (2,666), Orland (2,623), Worth (2,119) and Wheeling (1,871) rounded out the top five townships by participation.

Less than 200 early voters cast ballots from each of the following townships: Calumet, Stickney, River Forest and Riverside.

A map of Early Voting participation by voters' home precincts is available online.

Early Voting Participation by Age & Gender
Voters age 65 and older represented about 44 percent of all early voters. Less than 15 percent of early voters were age 44 or younger. New Trier and Bloom townships had the greatest participation by 18- to 24-year-old voters.

More suburban women than men were early voters. About 54 percent of all early voters were women and 46 percent were men.

Election

March 2006

Nov. 2006

April 2007

Feb. 2008

Nov. 2008

April 2009

Early Voters

15,609

32,903

8,205

51,116

226,084

25,737

Total Turnout

347,483

678,064

236,223

585,449

1,056,242

304,766

Early Voting share

4.5%

4.9%

3.5%

8.7%

21.4%

8.4%

Other Online Information
At cookcountyclerk.com, voters can check their registration and find their polling place. Election data, such as turnout statistics is available online. The lists of polling locations by township and township maps of precincts may also be useful on Election Day.